The focus of this year’s IAEA Scientific Forum is Nuclear Power and the Clean Energy Transition. Leading scientists and experts from around the world will meet over two days to examine how nuclear ...

Small and medium-sized or modular reactors are an option to fulfil the need for flexible power generation for a wider range of users and applications. Small modular reactors, deployable either as ...

The IAEA supports Member States towards the safe and secure deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs), which can enhance energy security while helping to achieve global climate goals. To this end, ...

The purpose of the IAEA internship programme is to provide people studying toward a university degree or who have recently received a degree with the opportunity to gain practical work experience in ...

The IAEA offers 12 online learning courses on spent fuel and radioactive waste management, and decommissioning and environmental remediation. These courses consist of 50 modules and almost 100 ...

The IAEA logo is a vital element of the Agency’s visual identity, symbolizing its mission and role within the United Nations system. The logo is protected under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention ...

Uranium is a naturally occurring radioactive element, which has the atomic number of 92 and corresponds to the chemical symbol U in the periodic table. It belongs to a special group of elements called ...

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi’s remarks on the 40th anniversary of the accident at Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

For centuries, coal has been key to the industrial revolution around the world. While coal played a major role in the development of the modern world, it is also the primary reason behind climate ...

In his opening statement to the IAEAs Board of Governors today, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said Iran’s nuclear programme remained at the centre of IAEA efforts. Mr Grossi said he had been ...

Cherenkov radiation is a form of energy that we can perceive as a blue glow emitted when the electrically charged particles that compose atoms (i.e. electrons and protons) are moving at speeds faster ...

Achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is a daunting challenge, and will require a significant expansion of clean energy sources, including nuclear power. In the short term, the bulk of nuclear ...